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Synopsis: The Stilwins are on vacation to an isolated beach in Mexico. Walking on a deserted jetty, Doug Stilwin gets his leg trapped under one of the logs. All attempts to move the log are futile and Helen Stilwin takes the car to get help. However, an escaped criminal kidnaps her. Will she be able to return to her husband before he drowns?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director(s): John Sturges
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1953
69 min
141 Views

Get back to town.

There's a dangerous criminal loose.

He was a swell guy.

He killed...

... and he deserves to be killed.

And yet...

... how will we feel when we read

in the papers that he's been trapped...

... shot down?

Yes.

Yes, I've wondered what I would do

if it ever came to something like this.

I wonder if every wife wonders.

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Mel Dinelli

Mel Dinelli (born 6 October 1912, Albuquerque, New Mexico - d. 28 November 1991, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer for theatre, radio, film and magazines, usually in the suspense genre. He attended the University of Washington. more…

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